Why Creative Success Destroys People
Social media’s combination of global reach,
performance metrics, platform design, content
format, and algorithmic interference have changed
how creators make for others, and how others
perceive and interact with creators' work.
The results are an eternal presence, persistent
feedback, an unrealistic expectation of virality,
harmful social comparison,
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Some artists identify so closely with their own work that were they to cease producing, they fear they would be nothing — that they would cease existing.
David Bayles, Ted Orland • Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
I also watched this video recently about YouTuber burnout, focusing on the content creator Emma Chamberlain and how she burnt out publicly by uploading a weekly vlog for years with no breaks whatsoever. It caused her some really awful mental health flare ups including panic attacks and anxiety and it led to her quitting and not really explaining... See more